"Every budding dictatorship begins by muzzling the artists, because they're a mouthy lot and they don't line up and salute very easily."

-- Margaret Atwood

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“We have to remember that no matter how much hardship we go through in our life, there is always going to be that fragile place in our heart.”
“Let us turn to our own childhoods-no further-if we will renew our sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change.”
“I am deeply honored to have been nominated for a position on the Supreme Court. And I an humbled to have been nominated for the seat that is now held by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.”

Source : U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.
“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”
“I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and am a product of a family that were jazz aficionados and also very interested in progressive politics. And so I had a lot of artists and musicians in my home. Lots of Latin music, folk, and jazz and blues, bluegrass-type of stuff. Painters and stuff like that.”

Source : Source: www.aaa.si.edu
“A man who hates the passion cuts off their causes. But a man who remains among their causes experiences even against his will the conflict from the passions. It is not possible to be mentally inclined toward a passion if one does not love its cause. For who, disdaining shame, is given to vainglory? Or who, loving lowliness, is bothered by dishonor? Who, having a broken and humble heart, accepts fleshly sweetness? Or who, believing in Christ, is concerned about temporal things, or argues about them?”
“They can afford to smile because they all have teeth so dazzling if they dropped them in the snow they'd be lost forever.”

Source : Frank McCourt (1999). “Tis: A Memoir”, p.59, Simon and Schuster
“Knowledge does not grow like a tree where you dig a hole, plant your feet, cover them with dirt, and pour water on them daily. Knowledge grows with time, work, and dedicated effort. It cannot come by any other means.”

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